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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The top level packages in a model (below the project root nodes) can be created as</span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;"> Views</span><span class="f_BodyText">. Views are used simply to subdivide the model into partitions such as Business Process, Logical View or Dynamic View. Unlike Model Packages, they do not have automatically-generated components and can be created only under a root node.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">They are a good way to extend the model depending on specific requirements and modeling techniques.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">There are 6 main types of View, each with their own package icon:</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1"><a href="usecase.htm">Use Case</a> View - e.g. <a href="usecasediagram.htm">Use Case diagram</a>, <a href="analysisdiagram.htm">Analysis diagram</a></span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Dynamic View - e.g. <a href="activitydiagram.htm">Activity diagram</a>, <a href="communicationdiagram.htm">Communication diagram</a>, <a href="sequencediagram.htm">Sequence diagram</a>, <a href="statediagram.htm">State diagram</a></span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Class View - e.g. <a href="classdiagram.htm">Class Model</a>, <a href="codeengineering.htm">Code Engineering</a>, <a href="databaseschema.htm">Data Model</a></span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Component View - e.g. <a href="componentdiagram.htm">Component diagram</a></span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Deployment View - e.g. <a href="deploymentdiagram.htm">Deployment diagram</a></span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1"><a href="customdiagram.htm">Simple View</a></span></li>
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<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">You can use the first five categories, or devise your own based on the Simple View. You can <a href="addadditionalviews.htm">create</a> Views, <a href="o1542.htm">rename</a> them, move them into a different order, or <a href="o1543.htm">delete</a> them. Do this by right-clicking the mouse on the selected View to open the context menu, and choose the appropriate option.</span></p>




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